Folio (1991-03-22)

22 MARCH 1991

Single citizenship model for

Canada won't work

CHARLES TAYLOR PONDERS A ‘TWO-TIERED DIVERSITY’

I attempt to impose a single model The challenge is to develop a

of citizenship on this country is to
certainly destroy it;says Charles
Taylor, Professor of Political
Science and Philosophy at McGill
University.

“We may have actually already
done that—I hope we haven’t—but
the only hope [of saving the coun-
try] is to devise and develop a more
flexible and diverse notion of Cana-
dian citizenship,” the speaker for
this year’s McDonald Constitutional
Lecture said 14 March.

The self-described committed
federalist said it may be time to con-
ceive of a “two-tiered diversity,” in
which Canadians not only accept
that individuals can be diverse in
cultural backgrounds, but even ac-
cept that the way that people belong
to the country doesn’t need to be
exactly the same.

McGill University Professor of Political Science and Philosophy Charles Taylor

sense of what the country is about to
bridge differences, so someone in,
say, Edmonton, could feel they be-
long to Canada as an individual with
their particular colouration in the
mosaic, and they could accept that
someone in Quebec or who is abo-
riginal could feel they belong to
Canada via national entities, said Dr
Taylor, one of the country’s fore-
most political scientists.

“We must come to respect these
different senses of belonging,” he
said. “I think we are obsessed with a
certain model of a nation-state which
is now passé ... the model that [says]
the only way to unite a nation is to
take all the individuals and relate
them to the central core.”

In his talk titled “Can National
Unity Survive the Charter?” Dr
Taylor argued that two different

necessary to defend its French-speak-
ing society; some felt threatened by
the structure of Canada; and some
asked to what extent Canada recog-
nized that one of its components is a
nation.

Recognition has become the most
important issue for Quebecers, Dr
Taylor said. Many Quebecers pre-
tended that this recognition didn’t
matter to them, but on another level it
did matter. “The tragedy of it all is
that we actually have reached the
stage in Quebec history where we
have the powers to protect ourselves
and we don’t really feel terribly
threatened,” said the strong supporter
of the proposed Meech Lake Accord.

models of a liberal society have
evolved within Canada. “In one of
which, the procedural model, the
very espousal of collective goals
begins to be seen as more and more
dangerous and unacceptable. From
the other perspective, it appears quite
normal that collective goals can exist
with the liberal mode of life.

“As long as this ambiguity
wasn’t brought to the fore, as usual
we could muddle along,” but the
Meech Lake Accord’s distinct soci-
ety clause demonstrated Quebecers’
desire for a differential interpretation
of the Charter emphasizing the im-
portance of collective goals. “This
very demand appeared to people in
the rest of the country incompatible
with their conception of the Char-
ter.”

REHABILITATION MEDICINE
‘Building for
Tomorrow’

a a portion of the afternoon of 12
March the voices in Corbett Hall were
saying things other than “Let’s put up
that partition” and “Has the paint
dried?” The talk was of fundraising
and of the Faculty of Rehabilitation
Medicine moving into the renovated
building.

One of the voices was that of
Dean Martha Piper. She officially
launched the Faculty’s Building for
Tomorrow Campaign, whose aim is

Dr Taylor, who has presented his
views to the Belanger-Campeau
Commission on the constitutional
future of Quebec, focused his re-
marks primarily on the Quebec-
Canada relationship, but pointed out
that there are two other “bleeding
sores” threatening to tear the country
apart: alienation and the failure of
Canadians to do justice to the de-
mands of aboriginal people.

“Now more than ever there has
to be an explicit recognition that
Quebecers and indeed French Cana-
dians belong to Canada not simply
as individuals, but via their national
entities,” he said. “Many people in
the rest of Canada are rather proud of
Canada’s record of accommodating
diversity—but they have a picture of
diversity grounded in a mosiac im-
age, and that’s not diverse enough.”

There were three reasons why
Quebecers put forward their de-
mands: some felt the powers were

to raise $1 million to buy equipment
for teaching and research purposes as
well as clinical practice.

The Faculty, Dean Piper said, has
almost all of the components neces-
sary for greatness: quality students,
faculty and clinical relationships.
“Now we’ ll have the best building,
but we’ll still need the best equipment
and technology.”

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© Panel considers sexual orientation issue
© ‘University Farm’ important in the (academic)

scheme of things (see ‘Letters’)

© Library staff prepared for emergency situations

Excellence in research

|, was an evening of strange and
exotic imagery. On 13 March, both
Lyndal Osborne (Art and Design)
and William Graham (Chemistry),
recipients of the J Gordin Kaplan
Award for Excellence in Research,
used powerful visual presentations
to illustrate their work.

In his opening remarks, Bob
James, Vice-President (Research),
commended the 1991 Laureates for
symbolizing the research dimension
of the University and inspiring oth-
ers in their fields.

Introducing Professor Osborne,
Les Kennedy, Associate Dean (Re-
search and Graduate Studies), Fac-
ulty of Arts, noted her certificate
from the National Art School in
Sydney in 1960; her year at Sydney
Teachers’ College; seven years
teaching high school in Australia,
England and Canada and her MFA
from the University of Wisconsin in
1971. He said she came to the Uni-
versity of Alberta as an Assistant
Professor in 1971, became an Asso-
ciate Professor in 1978, a Full Pro-
fessor in 1982 and has earned inter-

experiences combing coastal beaches
in Australia which she returns to
“through memory and a lively imagi-
nation.” A slide of her work, Soli-
tude, 1985, showed the way she
evokes a marine background, using
natural forms and patterns generated
by wind and water.

Professor Osborne also empha-
sized the important influence of Aus-
tralian aborigines, her “role models
as practising artists,” noting her stud-
ies of their mythology, ritual ceremo-
nies and culture. “I see parallels in
how I use my art as a recreation of
experience.” In the work, Scarlet
Woman, 1984, she explained, she
looks at how our ancestors depict
their visual culture and what types of
imagery she chooses to represent her
own cultural roots.

Her work and research have
evolved from objects collected from
nature and developed with other
ideas, she said. “My work grows out
of a combination of first-hand expe-
rience with the forms of energy in
the natural world and the evocation
of more primitive, tribal forms.” As

national recognition, showing her art a print artist, she is fascinated by the

in 213 juried exhibitions around the
world, from China to Germany.

In her talk, “Objects of Nature
and Imagination,” Professor
Osborne said she is inspired by early

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challenges in the “marriage of mate-
rial processes and intent,” and sees
“qualities in prints unmatched by
other media.” She stressed the crea-
tive opportunities in the working
process, which challenges her with
surprises and unexpected results.
Characterizing her work as solitary
and quietly contemplative, she com-
mented, “My aim is not in the pre-
cise depiction of nature, but to use
nature as a particular source aug-
mented by memories and associa-
tions.” She dedicated her current
body of work to her mother and ac-
knowledged the support of col-
leagues in the print artist community.
Chancellor Sandy Mactaggart pre-
sented Professor Osborne with her
Award.

Bob Crawford, Associate Dean
(Research), Faculty of Science, intro-
duced Professor Graham, presenting
a glimpse of his early life in
Rosetown, Saskatchewan, and traced
his education from the University of
Saskatchewan to Harvard. Having
come to the University of Alberta in
1962, the innovative organometallic
chemist (who is also a jazz and pho-
tography aficionado) is considered
internationally preeminent in his
field, Dr Crawford concluded.

In his lecture, “Peaceful Carbon-
Hydrogen Bonds Ripped Apart by
Disguised Metal Atoms,” Professor
Graham explained how methane,
“the simplest stable compound with
carbon-hydrogen bonds ... a major
component of natural gas ... and the

simplest member of the paraffin fam- |

ily of hydrocarbons,” can be acti-
vated, converted into new and more
reactive compounds. He said it is
hard to make the “recalcitrant” car-
bon-hydrogen bond react, without
“bashing it” or “heating it at red-hot
temperatures.” The goal, significant
for the petrochemical industry, is to
break the carbon-hydrogen bonds of
methane to form compounds such as
methanol. His research has explored
“subtler” processes.

To describe his work, Dr Graham
used slides of brightly coloured mod-
els of molecules which looked like
“tinkertoys” and “‘computer-gener-
ated space-filling models” which
resembled beach-ball figures. He
explained that “chemists have de-
vised special wrappings” (for exam-
ple, carbon atoms, carbons and
hydrogens, carbons and oxygens) to
“keep metal atoms from sticking
together” to form solid metal. In his
research, he uses a metal atom, irid-
ium, packaged in carbon monoxides,
in solution. By applying ultraviolet
light, he has been able to “produce a
fiercely reactive metal compound”
which “inserts itself into the carbon-

® @
An aflatoxins primer
FOOD TOXICOLOGIST MUCH IN DEMAND

FS scientists last week welcomed
one of their own to their labs and
seminar rooms in the Agriculture-
Forestry Building.

It wasn’t a case of everybody
talking at once but it could have
been because Douglas Park’s chief

concern is increasing the safety of
the food supply and the schedule
called for him to be here for just
two days.

At the University of Arizona,
which Dr Park joined after 13 years
of service with the US Food and

UOFA FOLIO ue 22 MARCH 1991

Kaplan Award recipients William Graham and Lyndal Osborne

hydrogen bond” in methane and
converts it to a more reactive and
potentially more useful compound.
Professor Graham said the research
began with producing reactions in a
$50 test tube (“that’s the easy part”)
to initial investigations using a
$50,000 infrared spectrometer and
finally to verification using a
$500,000 mass spectrometer.

He stressed that “chemistry is
not a solitary endeavour,” noting the
numerous graduate students and 43
postdoctoral fellows who have par-
ticipated in his work, both before
and after his carbon-hydrogen acti-
vation discovery. He gratefully ac-
knowledged the assistance for his
work of the University of Alberta,

Aflatoxin research by Douglas Park and his
colleagues at the University of Arizona is

applied worldwide.

Drug Administration, he is research-
ing immunochemical methods for
monitoring toxic levels in food.
There’s a high incidence of afla-

_ toxin in Arizona, particularly in

cotton seed which is used in animal
feeds, said the Associate Professor
of Food Toxicology. Corn, peanuts
and tree nuts are most likely to be
contaminated by aflatoxin. Another
study involves the toxins that are
formed as algae grows in a reef
environment. When these microor-
ganisms are consumed by small
fish, the fish become contaminated.
They then fall prey to larger fish
which become the catch of the day
and wind up on our dinner plate.

“Ciguatera toxins are very po-
tent. Death can occur if the levels
are high enough,” Dr Park said,
emphasizing that toxins occurring
in nature are of far greater concern
to human well-being than are manu-
factured materials such as food
additives.

NSERC, the Alberta Energy Co,
Professor Harry Gunning, his Chem-
istry colleagues and the Chemistry
““nfrastructure” (laboratories and
equipment operated smoothly by the
skills and efforts of members of the
department. Michael Welsh, Vice-
Chairman, Board of Governors, pre-
sented Professor Graham with his
Award.

In his closing remarks, President
Paul Davenport congratulated the
1991 Laureates for their outstanding
work, noting that both winners “do
what they do for the love of it.” He
lauded them for their joy of explor-
ing and intellectual curiosity which
have led them to be open to serendip-
ity and breakthroughs in their re-
search.

“Foods are risky. Even one we
might consider safe could be haz-
ardous for some people.” Dr Park
used milk as an example, saying
it’s okay for 99.9 percent of the
populace but is troublesome for
those who are lactose intolerant.

Dr Park supplemented his ad-
dresses on toxic levels in foods by
handing out immunochemical test
kits and helping graduate students
analyze things like aflatoxins. Re-
search at the University of Alberta
is focusing on the development of
similar test methods for stress
metabolites in potatoes. (The stress
refers to potatoes that have been
cut or bruised.)

This was Dr Park’s first visit to
Edmonton and it was made possi-
ble by the Food Science Enrich-
ment Seminar Series. He expressed
satisfaction with the “very concen-
trated series of lectures and interac-
tions in the lab with faculty, col-
leagues and graduate students” and
indicated that he would stay in
touch with them because of com-
mon interests in some areas of food
science research.

KING’S COLLEGE LAB INSTRUCTOR CRITICIZES GOVERNMENT

I. lab instructor who was recently
fired by King’s College because he
is a homosexual says it’s evident that
discrimination against gays and les-
bians is not just a problem within the
Christian community, but is a prob-
lem everywhere.

Ata forum last week cospon-
sored by Gays and Lesbians on
Campus, Delwin Vriend argued,
however, that people in the secular
community often act in a more
Christ-like manner than those in the
Christian world.

“When the Alberta government
and the Human Rights Commission
of Alberta refused to do anything,
they are saying very clearly to gays

person is gay,’ I think the answer [to
the question] is no. If we mean by
‘it’ could sexual orientation be a
factor in an employment decision, |
think the answer is yes.”

Pointing out that there are
33,000 to 35,000 people here on any
given day and countless decisions
made every day, Trehearne asked, is
it possible that there is bigotry on
the campus? Yes, and it’s possible
that it could influence someone’s
employment decisions.

Trehearne said it’s highly un-
likely the question would come up at
the University in exactly the same
way that it did for Delwin Vriend.

Fran Trehearne, Director of the Office of Human Rights.

and lesbians, you are not human—
and I reject that outright,” said
Vriend,

“The issue of human rights, es-
pecially for gays and lesbians, has
struck pretty close to home, and it’s
raised a lot of questions in my mind
about what the Alberta government
and institutions like King’s College
really think about people,” he told
the well-attended forum which at
one point discussed whether a simi-
lar situation could arise at the Uni-
versity of Alberta.

Could it happen here? According
to Fran Trehearne, Director of the
Office of Human Rights, “the an-
swer depends on what we mean by
‘it’. If we mean could somebody be
fired here and the supervisor and the
supervisor’s supervisor come out
and say, ‘you did this because this

The issue of sexual orientation
would come in a more indirect way,
with someone allowing a gay or
lesbian person’s sexual orientation to
become a factor in an employment
decision.

“There’s a million and one ways
to mask the reason for a decision,”
he said. “But we do have some poli-
cies on the books to which we could
refer, if that happened and we were
able to demonstrate in some way that
it [decision] was based on sexual
orientation.”

One such policy is contained in
the General Faculties Council em-
ployment policies, which says that
employment decisions will be based
on merit, he explained, and a more
general principle that could be cited
is that the University is a place
where equality of opportunity is

incredibly important. And unlike at
King’s College, he pointed out that
U of A staff have collective agree-
ments which deal with issues such as
dismissal, discipline and layoffs, and
which provide arbitration proce-
dures.

“It concerns me a little bit that
we don’t have anything specifically
that refers to sexual orientation,” he
said. The University is developing a
statement on equity which will be
considered in the coming months.
The proposed statement says that the
University does not discriminate on
the basis of a number of grounds
including sexual orientation. “From
my point of view, that would be a
strengthening.”

Panelist New Democrat Party
MLA William Roberts said what
happened to Vriend could happen at
the U of A. “What really matters is
not what the University does or
doesn’t do to protect the people on
this campus. To me the question is
what the Province of Alberta and the
Government of Canada do to protect
all their citizens,” he said, adding
that it shouldn’t just be a patchwork
of bylaws and constitutions of vari-
ous institutions.

Roberts lauded the work of GFC
and the Human Rights Office, but
“the bottom line ... for gays and les-
bians wherever they are, on what-
ever campus, wherever they are in
Alberta, is that they must not be
discriminated against on the basis on
their sexual orientation.”

Liberal Party MLA Sheldon
Chumir said his party supports the
inclusion of the prohibition of dis-
crimination on the basis of sexual
orientation in the Individual Rights
Protection Act.

He pointed out that King’s Col-
lege receives a significant amount of
money from the provincial govern-
ment. “TI personally believe that it’s
totally inappropriate for an entity
that receives public funding to deny
employment to one of the very tax-
payers who helped pay for the fund-
ing of the institution.”

Compressed natural gas all the rage
PHYSICAL PLANT PLEASED WITH EXPERIMENT

gaseous experiment is taking
place on campus ... not in the lab but
on the road. ,

Over a three-month trial period
which ends | April, the Department
of Physical Plant is monitoring the
performance of six mail vans that
are running on compressed natural
gas (CNG). Early in January, Physi-
cal Plant’s Vehicle Pool converted
two vans so that they could use
CNG. This involved installing a
slightly different distribution system
which includes a pressure gas line
that bypasses the carburetor. Pleased
with the result, Physical Plant
quickly converted four more vans.
All the vehicles have a dual fuel

system so a switch to regular gaso-
line could be made if necessary.

“As the mail vans rarely leave
campus, their performance on CNG
can be closely monitored, with the
immediate benefits of a cleaner en-
vironment realized on campus,” says
Greg Wiens, Superintendent,
Grounds and Transportation.

The drivers gas up at two VRAs
(Vehicle Refueling Appliances) at
the RE Phillips Services Building
and then keep tabs on such things as
ease of starting, number of kilome-
tres traveled during a certain time
and the amount of CNG used during
that time. Wiens says the only prob-
lem has been some startup difficul-

ties with two of the vans and that
minor adjustments to the converted
systems quickly set things right.
The trial period will determine
CNG’s viability as an alternative to
either gasoline or propane. If CNG
gets high marks, the Vehicle Pool
will likely convert more vehicles so
they can use what Wiens calls “a
very clean-burning fuel that has

barely been tapped for vehicle use.”

Noting the 90 percent reduction in
tailpipe emissions when CNG is
used and the fact that the fuel is
plentiful in the province, Wiens
says, “I see a lot of potential for that
fuel in Alberta. I’m surprised the
province isn’t pushing it more.”

UOFA FOLIO is 22 MARCH 1991

_ financial problems? Will we do what Joanie Mitchell told us not to, and

FINANCIAL DETAILS OF RESTRUCTURING TOO SKIMPY

As indicated in “Maintaining Excellence and Accessibility in an Envi-
ronment of Budgetary Restraint,” the changes in the structure of the Uni-
versity are certainly far-reaching and profound. However, specific infor-
mation about the way that money will be saved by this restructuring is not
included. I believe that well-reasoned decisions will require more informa-
tion, and two matters of concern immediately come to mind.

First, outside of the $1.5 million saving from reductions in services
presently provided by the Faculty of Extension, specific fiscal benefits
from the proposed changes are unclear. We are given only composite data,
and no accounting of savings for each recommendation is provided. Since
lives are being disrupted by these recommendations, it seems reasonable
to expect an indication of how much money each proposed change will
save. How else can we determine if the savings are worth the cost?

Secondly, not counting the $1.5 million from Extension, most of the
savings relate to reductions in academic staff costs. However, academic
staff whose positions are closed will be assigned elsewhere in the Univer-
sity. Thus, most of the indicated savings will be derived from normal attri-
tion. Inasmuch as savings from attrition will occur whether the University
is restructured or not, it is difficult to see how the restructuring itself will
save much money.

It may well be that the University needs restructuring, but the advan-
tages of restructuring in order to reduce annual expenditures have neither
adequately been indicated in this document nor justified by it. I assume the
University administration will be more forthcoming, but if it is not, | won-
der who will demand justification and more precise accounting? Will it be
the students whose services are cut? AAS:UA? NASA? The Board of
Governors? GFC? Deans of affected Faculties? Other deans? I hope some-
one does because more information is sorely needed.

Jason Montgomery, Professor of Family Studies

“UNIVERSITY FARM’: LET IT BE

“Selling the Farm” is a metaphor for the last action to be taken by a
dying organization. As any farmer will tell you it is not part of a survival
plan. We at the University of Alberta are experiencing hard times, and are
looking for a solution. Among those proposed is to sell (or lease) the Uni-
versity Farm.

The decision about whether or not to do this will be a difficult one, but
many members of our community may think that this is a purely financial
question: should we, or should we not cash in an asset to obtain operating
funds? Unfortunately, this question is not that straightforward. It turns out

~ to be a matter of academic priorities, not financial exigency:
- © The “University Farm” only looks like a farm. It is, in fact, a research

laboratory complex (albeit an attractive one) and its proper title is the Ed-
monton Research Station.

* The Station is the main set of laboratories for about 15 professors in
Animal and Plant Science and their research teams (technicians,
postdoctoral fellows, visiting scientists, graduate students, etc). It is also a
secondary laboratory for a good many more teams in the Faculty of Agri-
culture and Forestry and beyond, particularly in the Faculties of Science
and Medicine. In excess of 50 technical staff (full-time and trust employ-
ees) work at the Station.

* Closing this laboratory, by sale or lease, would be no different than clos-
ing any other laboratory. It would throw a number of people out of work
and would put a stop to the science being conducted. Agriculture is an
industry struggling with the Herculean task of feeding and clothing the
population without raping or polluting the environment. Many would say
the struggle has a long way to go. Closing one of Canada’s premier agri-
cultural research and teaching facilities will not help.

* The suggestion is also made that we could simply move the laboratory
further away, onto cheaper land. The problem with that argument is that
the laboratory is already about as far away as it can be. How many people
at the University of Alberta have to travel several kilometres to their labo-
ratory or library before they can begin working on their research? It would
also make undergraduate student exposure to our laboratories virtually
impossible. Additionally, the long-term agronomic data base established
by continual record keeping at that site since the 1930s simply can’t be
recreated.

The people who will decide the Research’Station’s fate are aware of
the arguments, but I feel that many others in our community would not be
aware that this is a matter of academic rather than financial priorities. The
University owns many assets; if it is forced to sell some to balance its

budgets, the choice must be based on academic criteria. The Edmonton

Research Station is an academically important unit.

I would like to make one final emotional appeal though. The Edmon-
ton Research Station (University Farm) is not only a world-class labora-
tory complex, it is aesthetically pleasing. It can be viewed as a farm in the
middle of a big city, visited incidentally by up to 10,000 children and who

_ knows how many adults every year. Why must we solve problems by _

covering grass and bush with concrete and glass? Is this the way to enrich
the lives of Edmontonians? Would this be a responsible way to solve our
pave paradise to put upa parking lot?
MA Price — : oe
Professor and Chair, Depar.

ent of Animal Science

Legal system excludes women,
law professor says

Women's exclusion has occurred
so often and in so many different
areas of the law, that it is impossible
to dismiss them as examples of out-
moded thinking, says a University
of Calgary law professor, Sheilah
Martin. They’re not isolated; they
recur and this exclusion has a mod-
ern significance.

Martin, a co-panelist at the re-
cent “Symposium on Women and
the Law,” sponsored by The Wom-
en’s Law Forum, said, “We have to

understand this history of exclusion
before we can engage in an analysis
of modern problems.

“We must jealousy guard these
examples of direct discrimination,
insist on their true meaning, and
question who benefits when the
actual is denied and even the obvi-
ous is obscured,” she said, noting,
for example, that there are people
who insist that the Montreal Massa-
cre had nothing to do with gender.

mm ACTIVITIES

In recognition of their contributions to the development of struc-
tural and geotechnical engineering in Brazil, DW Murray and Z
Eisenstein (Civil Engineering) have received Honorourary Professor-
ships from the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro.
This honour, awarded 7 March, was confirmed at a ceremony at-
tended by University officials and the Canadian Ambassador to
Brazil...David Marples (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies) has
been invited to speak at The City Club of Cleveland, on 3 May. His
speech, which will be broadcast in its entirety by 144 radio stations
across the United States, will be on a topic concerned with the con-
temporary USSR...The Golden Bears were in over their heads when
they took on Team Canada in a recent volleyball exhibition match,
but the event raised more than $2,500 for the Bears team...Gerald
Redmond (Physical Education and Sport Studies) has received a
Writing Award of $2,000 from the Association of Canadian Studies
in Montreal. The award is for travel necessary for research on a
manuscript, to be completed by 1 March 1994. It’s exceedingly diffi-
cult to get travel money in this area, Dr Redmond says. “It may look
like peanuts to some people, but it’s like gold to me’’...Ellen Schoeck
(formerly Solomon) has assumed additional duties as part-time ex-
ecutive assistant to the President. She remains Director of the Univer-
sity Secretariat, Secretary to GFC and Secretary to the GFC Aca-
demic Appeals Committee, and will be a member of the Advisory
Committee of Human Rights...At the suggestion of Linda Achtem
(Health Sciences Library), a general collection was taken on behalf
of civilian relief in the Persian Gulf. Library staff donated slightly
more than $1,000 and turned it over to the Red Cross.

Librarians participate in
salvage workshop

ul
a. that your whole library
has been devastated.”

Well, librarians on campus
would rather not ever have to deal
with such a catastrophic event, but
that doesn’t mean they’re not plan-
ning for the unthinkable.

Last week participants and ob-
servers from the Library system
took part in a “salvage workshop” to
prepare themselves for a potential
disaster situation. Manager of the
Conservation and Reproduction

Section of the Archives of Ontario,
John Barton, was on campus to con-
duct the workshop and explain the
various procedures and techniques

used to deal with damaged materials.

Barton set up a simulation in the
basement of the Biological Sciences
Building. Various expendable mate-
rials, such as books, CDs, tapes,
films, cards, maps and computer
printouts, were soaked with water.

Citing a number of examples,
such as the Person’s Case, in which
women have been systematically
discriminated against, Professor
Martin said, “These examples teach
us to be leery, and possibly even
weary, of justification of women’s
disadvantage on the basis of their sex
and biological difference.

“WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THIS
HISTORY OF
EXCLUSION BEFORE WE
CAN ENGAGE IN AN
ANALYSIS OF MODERN
PROBLEMS.”

“When we look at the history of
exclusion and ascertain its modern
relevance, we cannot accept the
tardy removal of previously imposed
limitations as a great gain for
women,” she said. And the repeal of
the marital rape exemption provision
in 1982 is not an advance for
women, that’s the removal of an
imposed disability.

“We should also appreciate that
a change in a discriminatory law
doesn’t eradicate the biased thinking
that may have generated and sus-
tained the law,” she said. “Direct
discrimination is often replaced by
the indirect ... and when the blatant
forms of discrimination become
socially unacceptable, they go under-
ground.

Library personnel assess the damage to
materials during a simulated “salvage
workshop” conducted by John Barton (centre)

of the Archives of Ontario.

Dealing with these situations
involves a great deal of common
sense, Barton told participants and
observers. ““There’s no mystique to
this.” And as well as demonstrating
some of the hands-on techniques to
deal with damaged materials, he
explained some of the other deci-
sions that would have to be made in
disastrous situations.

He said the objective of the exer-
cise was to give people on campus
enough knowledge, so that they will
be able to cope with disaster situa-
tions.

Materials that could be easily
and less expensively duplicated may
not have to be salvaged, he said.
Decisions would also have to made
on which books could be air dryed
and which ones would be frozen and
restored over time.

Bruce Peel Special Collections
Conservator Carolynne Poon says
the University Libraries recently
purchased a 26 cubic foot freezer
and have a list of other freezers on

UOFA FOLIO ae 22 MARCH 1991

“Today people are sufficiently
sensitive, and some are sufficiently
politically correct, not to say certain
things to our faces. But we know the
sexism is there, insidious, shaping
our behaviour, limiting our options,
and that it’s increasingly harder to
deal with because the old arguments
based on women’s biology and the
natural mandate of women have
been replaced by far more sophisti-
cated claims,” Professor Martin
said.

“Unfortunately, I see all too
often the issue becomes framed as
one of personal competence, rather
than systemic discrimination,” she
told the symposium, which was
attended predominately by female
law students, practitioners and aca-
demics.” The personal is truly the

political for the women who haven’t |

been kept on after their articling.
They’ re told their work isn’t good
enough, but, in actuality, they are
victims of discrimination.

“Many women feel that they
have reached the level of their own

personal competence, when the only

thing that has happened to them is
that they have been discriminated
against,” she said.

Martin had some advice for her
listeners: take steps to speak your
mind; don’t allow stories of exclu-
sion to continue on a personal level,
so you’re better equipped to deal
with the major exclusions on the
political level; and explain what it is
you really think.

campus as part of the Libraries dis-
aster plan.

Assistant Librarian Elaine
Simpson experienced a library dis-
aster first-hand. A few years ago,
librarians at the former Boreal Insti-
tute Library, which was housed in
the Biological Sciences Building,
arrived one morning to find ankle-
deep water on the floor. Water from
the floor above the library had dam-
aged some 1,500 books.

Simpson said she learned from
that experience and from the work-
shop that it is important to be pre-
pared. She said the Boreal, which
was then not covered under the gen-
eral Libraries disaster plan, did not
have all the necessary supplies on
hand when the disaster occurred and
“we spent the first half of the day
just getting supplies.”

NO FOLIO 29 MARCH

Owing to the Good Friday
holiday, Folio will not publish
29 March. Also, the long week-
end necessitates that the deadline
for display and classified adver-
tisements and “Events” listings
for the 5 April issue be moved
to Wednesday, 27 March, at
3 pm. :

CELEBRANTS TOLD OF BEARS SURVIVAL

Roland Michener takes his place among fellow inductees of the Sports Wall of Fame.

Michener a
Sports Wall of Fame
inductee

Fe sinr Governor General Roland
Michener was inducted into the Univer-
sity of Alberta’s Sports Wall of Fame at
the gala dinner 14 March.

Also inducted were Gary Smith and
Ray Kelly. The Sports Wall of Fame
has since its inception in 1983 inducted
numerous athletes, coaches and con-
tributors to University sport.

During his days at the U of A,
Michener was active ina number of
sports, including track and field and
football. He acknowledges that his fa-
vourite sport was hockey. Born 19
April 1900 in Lacombe, Alberta,
Michener spent his formative years. in
Red Deer. He received his BA in 1920,
and also earned a Rhodes Scholarship.

Michener, a long-time advocate in
Canada of the importance of physical
fitness, practised law from 1924 to
1957, became a member of the Ontario
Provincial Parliament and then was
elected to the House of Commons in
1953. He was Governor General of
Canada from 1967 to 1974.

Smith began his sporting career at
the University in football and basket-
ball, and over four years he received
numerous awards and established sev-
eral records. He went on to coach bas-
ketball and football at three different
universities. He was also the head coach
of the Golden Bears Basketball team
from 1976 to 1979, and has made out-
standing contributions to wheelchair
basketball in Canada.

Kelly began coaching judo at the
University in 1954 and his teams were
undefeated in 17 consecutive years of
intercollegiate competition. In 1966, he
began a new career as an athletic thera-
pist and was head athletic therapist
from 1967 to 1986. He served as an
athletic therapist for many national and
international games and sporting events
throughout the world.

Also at the gala dinner, athletics
fans were buoyed by the news that the
Golden Bear Football team will be on
the field in the coming season. Golden
Bear Football Alumni Association
President David Rowand informed the
gathering that enough money had been
raised to keep the team operational.

Earlier this year, the Golden Bear
Football program was dropped from the
Department of Athletics’ operating
budget. The Golden Bear Football
Alumni Association then stepped in to
spearhead the “Save the Bears”
fundraising campaign.

President Paul Davenport ap-
plauded the efforts of alumni and stu-
dents. He said all the U of A’s teams
need support and the football team
needs its alumni’s continued support.

During the recent Students’ Union
elections, voters approved the establish-
ment of a Golden Bear and Panda
Legacy Fund; students were asked to
pay an extra $2.50 per semester in stu-
dent fees.

Demers, Harris step to teaching’s front ranks

AS Clements, Dean of the Fac-
ulty of Arts (centre), congratulates
Patricia Demers (English) and Brian
Harris (Music), the recipients of the
Faculty’s Undergraduate Teaching
Awards for 1991. Dean Clements

Charter important

presented the awards at a recent
meeting of the Faculty Council in
University Hall.

First year courses taught by Pro-
fessor Demers are: English 200 (Sur-
vey of English Literature from the

tool, LEAF founding
member says

News member of the Legal
Education Action Fund says the
litigation their group does is not
aimed at dissolving state action in
favour of individual liberties.

Rather, says Toronto lawyer
Mary Eberts, the litigation LEAF
engages in uses the Charter of Rights
and Freedoms—which has its origins
in an individualistic ideology—to
attempt to get group rights for
women.

“We’re excluded, so we take the
materials that we have at hand, and
the Charter is the only thing we have
now that we can use besides brute
force, like the bread riots, to require
the government to do what we
want,” Eberts, a co-panelist at the
“Symposium on Women and the
Law,” sponsored by The Women’s
Law Forum, explained 7 March.

“So we try to get decisions from
the courts that will eliminate and
strengthen women’s group rights;
this is a very unusual type of litiga-
tion under the Charter,” she said.
“All too often we meet, coming the
other way, aimed right at us, men
using the Charter in the way it was
traditionally thought of: as an indi-
vidualistic instrument. They are go-
ing to use it to dissolve such state
protections that women have man-
aged to gain.”

She said, for example, men are
challenging provisions which pre-
vent the publication of the names of
victims of sexual assault and “...
even welfare moms in Nova Scotia,
they wanted to get rid of that [wel-
fare payments] because mothers got
it and men did not.”

Eberts, the holder of a Master’s
of Law degree from Harvard Univer-
sity and a former member of the
University of Toronto’s law faculty,
explained that LEAF is attempting to
broaden its membership, diversify its
activities and consult extensively on
a national basis with groups in the

streets working with women, before
it puts positions before the courts.

Such moves, she said, would
help to improve the legitimacy of
LEAF and also improve its authority
to speak. “Advocacy and women’s
issues is all about authority,” she
said, pointing out that in the courts
people are often asked to explain
what authority they have for a pro-
position and what authorities are
cited.

“A lot of women think they get
their authority to speak in the male
legal system by behaving like men,
and some women’s groups even
think that they have to hire men as
their lawyers so the judges will re-
late to the men and believe what the
men are saying on behalf of the
women.” That’s a mistake, she said
bluntly.

“A LOT OF WOMEN
THINK THEY GET THEIR
AUTHORITY TO SPEAK

IN THE MALE LEGAL
SYSTEM BY BEHAVING

LIKE MEN”

“Our strategy is to try to get our
authority from being women, work-
ing with women and using women’s
knowledge and power when we go
into the courts,” she explained. The
courts have to be told that some
long-standing ideas about women’s
lives are not correct. “These are the
facts about women’s lives. How do
we know them? We know because
we come to speak to you on behalf
of a community of women and from
acommunity of women,” she said.

That knowledge is gained by
working in a community of women,
she said, urging her listeners to be
active and commit themselves to
activity as women.

Middle Ages to the Twentieth Cen-
tury), English 210 (English Literary
Forms), English 275 (Readings in
Prose), and English 284 (Canadian
Literature in Process). Says Depart-
ment Chair Maurice Legris: “Her
students are engaged, her classes full
of the electricity of seeking and

learning. And the effects are lasting.”

Professor Harris teaches music
history/musicology. Professor
Emeritus Robert Stangeland de-
scribes Professor Harris as “that kind
of dedicated teacher who truly un-
derstands the emphasis which must
be placed upon undergraduate teach-
ing in order to lay the strong founda-
tion required for further study and/or
practical work to move the world
forward in its never-ending quest for
progress.”

GENERAL FACULTIES COUNCIL

SPECIAL SESSION
ON TEACHING

CITL (Committee for the
Improvement of Teaching and
Learning) and the Dean of the
Faculty of Science have organ-
ized a special session on teach-
ing. It’s called “How a Peer Con-
sultation Might Benefit Profes-
sors and Students” and it will be
presented by John Hoddinott
(Botany) and Roger Beck (Mar-
keting and Economic Analysis).

The session will be held 26
March, 3:30 to 5 pm, in CW-410
Biological Sciences Building.

mm CURRENTS

GFC’s next meeting is scheduled for Monday, 25 March, at 2 pm in the

University Hall Council Chamber.
1. Approval of the Agenda

2. Approval of the Minutes of 25 February 1991

3. Oral Report from the President

4. Question Period

5. New Members of GFC 1991-92
REPORTS

6. Executive Committee Reports

6.1 Summary of Executive Committee Minutes of 4 March 1991
7. Report of the Nominating Committee

DEFERRED FROM 25 FEBRUARY 1991

8. Code of Student Behavior: Proposal from the GFC Campus Law Review
Committee (CLRC) Concerning Student Group Registration and Discipline

Procedures

9. Code of Student Behavior: Proposal from the GFC Campus Law Review
Committee (CLRC) Concerning 1) the Responsibility of Instructors/Deans in
Academic Offence Situations and 2) Penalties for Academic Offences

10. Code of Student Behavior: Proposal from the GFC Campus Law Re-
view Commmittee (CLRC) Concerning Suspending/Rescinding of Degrees

11. Lister Residence Community Standards (LRCS): Recommendation from
the GFC Campus Law Review Committee (CLRC)

12. University Research Policy Committee (URPC): 1990 Annual Report

13. Council on Student Life (COSL): 1990 Annual Report

FOR INFORMATION
14. Mission Statement
REPORTS

15. Report of the Board of Governors of 1 March 1991]

16. Report of the GFC Academic Development Committee (ADC)
17. Report of the GFC Facilities Development Committee (FDC)
18. Report of the GFC Planning and Priorities Committee (PPC)
19. Report of the University Research Policy Committee (URPC)

NEW BUSINESS

20. GFC Planning and Priorities Committee Annual Report 1990
21. GFC Library Committee Terms of Reference: Proposal for Change

22. Other Business

A REMINDER ...

The deadline for registrations for the workshop entitled “Maximizing En-
ergy, Minimizing Stress” is 27 March. (The workshop will be held 19 April from
8:30 am to 4 pm in the Banquet Room, Lister Hall. Speaker: Vivian Quiring.
Registration fee: $75. Telephone Gail Bamber at 492-2796.)

BOOKSTORE INVENTORY

The University Bookstore will be closed for year-end inventory 27 and 28
March. Reopening will be on the moming of 2 April.

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR RENATO GRILLO

A memorial service for Renato Cirillo will be held in the chapel of Saint
Joseph’s College, 5 April at 3:30 pm. Professor Cirillo, Emeritus Professor in the
Department of Economics, died in January at Sliema, Malta.

SIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES

Sign language classes (noncredit) will be taught Tuesday and Thursday from
14 May to 20 June. Cost is $70 per person. Call Disabled Student Services, 492-

3381, to register.

UOFA FOLIO oy 22 MARCH 1991

VENTS

TALKS

ENVIRONMENTALLY RELATED
SEMINARS AND EVENTS

If you wish to have an environ-
mentally related event listed under this
section, please contact the Environ-
mental Research and Studies Centre,
492-6659.

Agricultural Engineering

22 March, 1:30 pm

Wally Nicholaichuk, chief,
National Hydrology Research Institute,
“Water Quality Issues for Sustainable
Agriculture.” 1-13 Agriculture-
Forestry Centre.

Geography

22 March, 3 pm

Martin Sharp, Department of
Geography, Cambridge, “Glacial
Research in the Swiss Alps and Other
Environments.” 3-36 Tory Building.

Zoology

22 March, 3:30 pm

Erwin Huebner, Zoology, Univer-
sity of Manitoba, “Cytoplasmic
Transport: Cytoskeletal and
Electrophysiological Aspects.” M-149
Biological Sciences Centre.

Zoology

27 March, 3:30 pm

Robert Naimann, University of
Washington, “Effects of Large
Mammals on Ecosystem Dynamics.”
M-149 Biological Sciences Centre.

Limnology and Fisheries

28 March, 12:30 pm

David Frey, Indiana University,
“Cladoceran Remains and Their
Interpretation.” M-149 Biological
Sciences Centre.

Civil Engineering

28 March, 3:30 pm

D Helmer, “Ozone Dose-Response
of MS-2 Coliphage in Natural Surface
Water.” 336 Civil-Electrical Engineer-
ing Building.

Botany

28 March, 4 pm

Zoran Ristic, “Leaf Structure and
Physiology in Lines of Maize Which
Differ in Levels of Endogenous
Abscisic Acid.” M-149 Biological
Sciences Centre.

PHYSICS

22 March, 2 pm

Eric Pinnington, “Laboratory
Astrophysics Using Lasers.”
V-125 Physics Building.

ART AND DESIGN

22 March, 3:30 pm

Serge Guilbaut, Department of
Fine Art, University of British
Columbia, “Cultural Fallout in Europe
During the Cold War.” 2-20 Fine Arts
Building.

23 March, 2 pm

Serge Guilbaut, informal seminar.
2-28 Fine Arts Building.

GENETICS

22 March, 4 pm

Curt Strobeck, “The Genetic
Relationship Between Woods and
Plains Bison: Are They Good Subspe-
cies?” G-217 Biological Sciences
Centre.

28 March, 4 pm

Charlotte Spencer, “Promoter
Elements Program the C-Myc Block to
Transcription Elongation.” G-217 Bio-
logical Sciences Centre.

LAW
23 March, 9:30 am
Saturday Morning at the Law
School—“Medicine and the Law.”
Information: 492-3115. Law Centre.

COMPUTING SCIENCE

25 March, 3:30 pm

Larry Davis, University of
Maryland, “Connection Machine
Vision and Planning.” 619 General
Services Building.

PHARMACOLOGY AND CARDIO-
VASCULAR RESEARCH GROUP

25 March, 4 pm

R David Andrew, Department of
Anatomy, Queen’s University, “Seiz-
ure Susceptibility and the Osmotic
State.” 207 Heritage Medical Research
Centre.

1 April, 4 pm

A Goodman Gilman and AM
Brown, University of Texas, “April
Showers Bring G-Proteins.” 207 Heri-
tage Medical Research Centre.

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

26 March, 12:30 pm

“Global Assembly Line”—a 58-
minute video portraying the lives of
women in the ‘free trade zones’ of the
Third World as US transnational com-
panies search the globe for lower wage
work forces. 172 HUB International.

27 March, noon

Shushila Samy, Human Rights
Officer, Canadian Human Rights
Commission, “Women at Work in
Global Factories.” 172 HUB Interna-
tional.

PHILOSOPHY

26 March, 3:30 pm

David B Martens, Mount Royal
College, “Modality and Descriptive
Reference.” 4-29 Humanities Centre.

ENGLISH

26 March, 3:30 pm

Gary Watson, “The Crisis in
English Studies: What We Can’t Help
Teaching.” L-3 Humanities Centre.

28 March, 3:30 pm

Sheila Watson Reading Series—
award-winning Canadian novelist
Sandra Birdsell reads from her work.
L-3 Humanities Centre.

HUMAN ECOLOGY:
ISSUES IN THE NORTH

26 March, 3:30 pm

M Gregg, Inuit Women’s Associa-
tion, “Inuit Families: A Personal
Perspective on Contemporary Issues.”
207A Law Centre.

26 March, 8 pm

M Gregg, “Human Ecological
Perspectives on Education, Traditional
Knowledge, and Community Health.”
L-3 Humanities Centre.

2 April, 3:30 pm

J Oakes, “Cultural Diversity:
Impact of Ecology, Politics, and Tech-
nology on Inupiat, Inuit, and Chuckchi
Skin Clothing.” 207A Law Centre.

9 April, 3:30 pm

R Riewe, “Ecological Impacts on
Northern Native Families.” 207A Law
Centre.

ANATOMY AND CELL BIOLOGY

26 March, 4 pm

Jurgen Metz, Department of
Anatomy, University of Heidelberg,
“Atherosclerosis in Vessels of Hyper-
cholesterolemic Rabbits: Computerized
Measurement, Effect of Varying Feed-
ing Regimes and Drugs.” 5-10 Medi-
cal Sciences Building.

ALBERTA HERITAGE FOUNDATION
FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

26 March, 4 pm

Grant N Pierce, associate professor,
Department of Physiology, Division of
Cardiovascular Sciences, St Boniface
Hospital Research Centre, “The Role of
Sodium Proton Exchange in Ischemic
Reperfusion Injury to the Heart.” 207
Heritage Medical Research Centre.

2 April, 4 pm

John Apgar, assistant member,
Medical Biology Institute, California,
“Interaction of the Cross-Linked IgE
Receptor with the Membrane Skeleton
and Cytoskeleton in RBL Cells.”
Presented by Anatomy and Cell
Biology. 5-10 Medical Sciences
Building.

SOCIOLOGY

26 March, 7:30 pm

Terence P Thornberry, former
dean, School of Criminal Justice,
University at Albany, State University
of New York, “The Social Context of
Delinquency and Drug Use.” TBW-1
Tory Breezeway.

CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF
UKRAINIAN STUDIES

26 March, 8 pm

William Thorsell, Editor-in-Chief,
Globe and Mail, “Canada Reconsid-
ered: Facing Facts and Reforming to
Survive.” Auditorium, Provincial
Museum, 12845 102 Avenue. U of A
President Paul Davenport will intro-
duce the speaker.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

27 March, 4 pm

Hans Mooij, “Fictional Discourse
and Fictional Objects.” Senate Cham-
ber, Arts Building.

28 March, 3:30 pm

ED Blodgett, “Disseminating the
Canadian Literatures.” Senate Cham-
ber, Arts Building.

3 April, 4 pm

Hans Mooij, “Metaphor in Poetry.”
326 Arts Building.

MISENER /MARGETTS WOMEN’S
RESEARCH CENTRE

27 March, 7:30 pm

Lynda Ross, “Women and Distance
Education: Self Concept; Completion
and Attrition.” 11043 90 Avenue.

CLOTHING AND TEXTILES

28 March, 11 am

Jackline Tan, “Thermal Protective
Clothing.” 131 Home Economics
Building.

4 April, 11 am

Joan Marshall, “Identification of
Flax, Hemp, Jute, and Ramie.”
131 Home Economics Building.

11 April, ll am ;
Wendi Weir, “Japanese Paste
Resist Techniques for Surface Design:
Katazome and Tsutsugak.” 131 Home

Economics Building.

SOIL SCIENCE

28 March, 12:30 pm

Xiaomei Li, PhD candidate,
Department of Soil Science, Oregon
State University, “Role of Turgor
Potential and Osmotic Adjustment in
Plant Growth.” 2-36 Earth Sciences
Building.

4 April, 12:30 pm

David McNabb, Soils Branch,
Alberta Environmental Centre,
“Compression of Forest Soils.”
2-36 Earth Sciences Building.

UOFA FOLIO 6 22 MARCH 1991

RU LEMIEUX LECTURES
ON BIOTECHNOLOGY

28 March, 3 pm

Robert Church, professor of
Medical Biochemistry and Biological
Sciences and Acting Assistant Dean
(Medical Science), University of
Calgary, “Opportunities and Chal-
lenges for Biotechnology in the
1990s.” TL-B1 Tory Lecture Theatre.

MUSIC

28 March, 3:30 pm

John Martens, Daniel Lichti, Colin
Ryan, and Jeremy Spurgeon, “Recita-
tive in Bach’s St Matthew Passion.”
Moderator: Leonard Ratzlaff. 1-29 Fine
Arts Building.

4 April, 3:30 pm

Richard Troeger, “The Seven-
teenth-Century Virginal: For Virgins
Only.” 2-32 Fine Arts Building.

ENTOMOLOGY

28 March, 4 pm

Hector Carcamo, “The Effect
of Agricultural Practice on the Carabid
Fauna of Central Alberta.”
TBW-1 Tory Breezeway.

2 April, 4 pm

Steve Simpson, Department of
Zoology, University of Oxford,
England, “The Craving Locust: The
Mechanisms of Nutritional Compensa-
tion.” TBW-1 Tory Breezeway.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

2 April, 7:30 pm

Mark Craft and Peter Amerongen,
partners, Amerongen and Caverhill,
Builders, Ltd, ““The Green House: An
Advanced Conservation Demonstration
Project.” 2-1 Mechanical Engineering
Building. .

LIMNOLOGY AND FISHERIES DISCUS-
SION GROUP

4 April, 12:30 pm

Dale Vitt, ““Temporal and Spatial
Patterns of Water Chemistry in Boreal
Wetlands.” M-149 Biological Sciences
Centre.

11 April, 12:30 pm

Kerry Brewin, “Brown Trout
Spawning in the Upper Bow River.”
M-149 Biological Sciences Centre.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

4 April, 3 pm

Don Ryland, “Bifurcation Phenom-
ena in Porous Layers with Uniform
Internal Heating.” E342 Chemical-
Mineral Engineering Building.

11 April, 3 pm

Jan W Bloemkolk, “Mammalian
Cell Culture for Monoclonal Antibody
Production.” E342 Chemical-Mineral
Engineering Building.

GEOGRAPHY

5 April, 3 pm

Leslie Cormack, “Geography and
Empire.” 3-36 Tory Building.

ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY

5 April, 3:30 pm

George Ball, “Of Footprints and
Lineages...the Watch Has Stopped
Ticking.” M-149 Biological Sciences
Centre.

11 April, 4 pm

David Hills, Department of
Zoology, University of Texas, Austin,
“Ribosomal Genes and Phylogenetic
Inference.” TB W-1 Tory Breezeway.

RTS

EXHIBITIONS

FAB GALLERY

Until 28 March

“The Technicians’ Show”—an
exhibition of works by the permanent
teaching staff of the Department of Art
and Design. Gallery hours: Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday, 10 am to 5 pm;
Thursday, 10 am to 8 pm; Sunday, 11
am to 5 pm; Saturday and Monday,
closed. 1-1 Fine Arts Building.

MCMULLEN GALLERY

Until 29 March

“Facets of Italy.” Gallery hours:
Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm;
Saturday and Sunday, | to 4 pm.
Information: 492-8428, 492-4211.
Walter C Mackenzie Health Sciences
Centre.

MUSIC

22 March, 8 pm

Masters Student Recital—Carol
Dyck, soprano.

26 March, 8 pm

Faculty Rectial—Stephane
Lemelin, pianist.

27 March, 8 pm

Opera Student Workshop Perform-
ance—Alan Ord, director.

3 April, 8 pm

Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Concert—Fordyce Pier, director.

5 April, 8 pm

Concert Choir Concert—Debra
Ollikkala, director. Tickets: $5/adults;
$3/students and seniors.

7 April, 3 pm

Concert Band Concert—William H
Street, director. Tickets: $5/adults; $3/
students and seniors.

7 April, 8 pm

Chamber Orchestra Concert—
Fordyce Pier, director. Tickets: $5/
adults; $3/students and seniors.

8 April, 8 pm

Stage Bands | and Il Concert—
Neil Corlett and Derek Stoll, directors.
Tickets: $5/adults; $3/students and
seniors.

9 April, 8 pm

Red Deer College Concert Choir
and U of A Concert Choir.

10. and 11 April, 8 pm

Student Chamber Music Perform-
ances.

All events take place in Convoca-
tion Hall.

THEATRE

STUDIO THEATRE

28 March to 6 April.

“The Dining Room.” Tickets and
information: 492-2495. Myer Horowitz
Theatre.

FILMS

GERMANIC LANGUAGES

2 April, 7:15 pm

“Der klein Staatsanwalt” (1987)—
in colour, German with English
subtitles. 141 Arts Building.

®

SCHOLARSHIPS IN CONSERVATION

WARD OPPORTUNITIES

This scholarship is intended to encourage qualified students to increase their interest in conservation, to obtain
technical competence in some phase of conservation, and to pursue a career in this area of endeavour.
The applicant must have successfully completed two years of study by August 1991.

Value: $1,000.
Deadline: | April 1991.

Applications are available at the Student Awards Office, 252 Athabasca Hall. For further information, contact the
Soil and Water Conservation Society at (515) 289 2331.

CANADIAN COUNCIL OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS (CCPE)
There are three programs available through CCPE:
The North American Life Scholarship
Offers three scholarships valued at $7,500 each for engineers returning to university for further study or research

in an engineering related field.
The Optimum Scholarship

Offers two scholarships valued at $5,000 each to engineers returning to university for further study or research in a

field other than engineering.
Encon Insurance Managers Inc

Awarded to a professional engineer wishing to pursue studies in the area of engineering failure investigation.

Valued at $5,000.

These programs are administered by the CCPE National Awards Selection Committee to assist in encouraging
excellence in Canada through the promotion of advanced studies and research.
Deadline for all awards is 1 May 1991.

Applications are available at the Student Awards Office, 252 Athabsca Hall.

AA HEAPS SCHOLARSHIP 1991-92
(Canadian Labour Congress)

The award is open to all applicants undertaking full-time undergraduate or graduate studies at a Canadian univer-
sity or college during the academic year 1991-92.
Procedure: No application required. Applicants must submit a typed essay outlining their education, employment
history, background in community work and commitment to social ideals.

Value: $3,000.

For further information, contact the Student Awards Office, 252 Athabasca Hall.

Rehab Continued from page 1

EA Corbett, Director of the De-
partment of Extension from 1928 to
1936, was not shy about asking for
support for different projects and we
in Rehabilitation Medicine want to
emulate him, Dean Piper told Uni-
versity officials, staff and students
and a number of special guests in-
cluding five members of the Corbett
family.

“Rehabilitation Medicine has
traditionally been assigned to lesser
space ... we’re very much at home in
basements,” Dean Piper said. The
restoration of Corbett Hall began in
the spring of 1990 and the schedule
calls for the Faculty to occupy the
premises in August 1991. The Fac-
ulty, which is based in the trailer
complex a few paces southwest of
Corbett Hall and in the Garneau
Professional Building, serves 600
students, 500 of them in the under-
graduate programs.

Among the equipment needed is
electromyographic, electrocardio-

graphic, and electrodiagnostic instru-
mentation.

The move will mark the first
time a Canadian university has de-
signed and renovated an entire build-
ing to meet the educational needs of
occupational therapists, physical
therapists and speech-language pa-
thologists.

Dean Piper and her colleagues
hope that Corbett Hall will become
“a national showcase for the state of
the art in rehabilitation education.”
Joelle Jones would appreciate that as
much as anyone. The third-year stu-
dent thought Corbett Hall was a-neat
place until the water pipes started
banging during exams and power
shortages became the rule rather than
the exception. She recalled the days
of 66 rehabilitation medicine stu-
dents crammed into a small class-
room in the Nurses Residence, say-
ing, “There was no such thing as
personal space. If you wanted to see
the overhead you had to be sitting on

President Paul Davenport (left), Chancellor Sandy Mactaggart and Dean Martha Piper kick off
the capital fund campaign which runs until 30 June 1991.

top of it. Now we’ll be able to see
what’s going on and to work with
the latest technology.”

All in all, though, Jones is
pleased with her training, saying
she’s “received the best rehabilita-
tion medicine has to offer.”

The Premier’s Council on the
Status of Persons with Disabilities
also enjoys a good relationship with
the Faculty. Eric Boyd said the Fac-
ulty is unique in the way it’s re-
sponded to issues affecting persons
with disabilities. When the Council
published a vision paper, Rehabilita-
tion Medicine was quick to study
it and ask itself if there were chal-
lenges for its professors and curricu-
lum.

Boyd said that disabled people
have traditionally been treated with
paternalistic attitudes and that the
two-year-old Council is working to
shift the focus from the disability to
the person.

The fundraising campaign got
off to a good start with the College
of Physical Therapists of Alberta and
RW Sydenham and Associates, a
consortium of six physical therapy
clinics in and around Edmonton,
each pledging $10,000. Also, Apple
Canada is prepared to equip a lab
that will be of assistance to the disa-
bled community, and Corbett Hall’s
prime consultant, Wood, Gardner,
O’Neill and O’ Neill, and
subconsultants, Morgan and
Dowhan Engineering, Keen Engi-
neering and MB Engineering, have
pledged a “‘significant donation.”

As the Faculty of Rehabilitation
Medicine is the only one in Alberta,
the campaign is also under way in

Calgary.

The University of Alberta is
committed to the principle of equity in
employment. The University encour-
ages applications from aboriginal
persons, disabled persons, members of
visible minorities and women.

SUPPORT STAFF

To obtain further information on
the following positions, please contact
Personnel Services and Staff Relations,
2-40 Assiniboia Hall, telephone 492-
5201. Due to publication lead time and
the fact that positions are filled on an
ongoing basis, these vacancies cannot
be guaranteed beyond 15 March 1991.
For a more up-to-date listing, please
consult the weekly Employment
Opportunities Bulletin and/or the
postings in PSSR.

Positions available as of 15
March 199].

The limited number of vacancies
is a result of the current Support Staff
hiring freeze.

The salary rates for the following
positions reflect adjustments in
accordance with the terms for the
implementation of the Pay Equity
Program.

LABORATORY ASSISTANT
(Grade 2), Provincial Laboratory,
($1,363 - $1,680)

ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK
(ACCOUNTS) (Grade 5), Zoology,
($1,784 - $2,210)

LABORATORY TECHNOLO-
GIST (Grade 6), Provincial Laboratory,
($1,952 - $2,433)

LABORATORY TECHNOLO-
GIST (Grade 7), Provincial Laboratory,
($2,125 - $2,663)

PROGRAMMER ANALYST
(Grade 7), (Term to 15 November
1991), Budget and Statistics, ($2,125 -
$2,663)

The following positions retain
salary rates in accordance with the
previous classification system and pay
plan.

SECRETARY (Part-time/Trust),
Business, ($1,342 - $1,714) (prorated)

BIOCHEMISTRY TECHNOLO-
GIST I (Part-time/Trust) (Term to 15
August 1991), Biochemistry, ($1,286 -
$1,659) (prorated)

OSITIONS

TECHNICIAN I (Trust), Microbi-
ology, ($1,738 - $2,234)

BIOCHEMISTRY TECHNICIAN
I (Trust/Term to 31 March 1991),
Foods and Nutrition, ($1,738 - $2,234)

TECHNICIAN | (Trust), Medicine
(Gastroenterology), ($1,738 - $2,234)

TECHNICIAN II (Trust), Medi-
cine, ($1,973 - $2,537)

TECHNOLOGIST I (Trust),
Rehabilitation Medicine, ($2,143 -
$2,765)

TECHNOLOGIST I/II (Trust),
Genetics, ($2,143 - $3,018)

BIOCHEMISTRY TECHNOLO-
GIST I/II (Trust), Biochemistry,
($2,143 - $3,018)

ANIMAL TECHNICIAN III
(Trust), Surgery, ($2,234 - $2,889)

SESSIONAL INSTRUCTORS,
GOVERNMENT STUDIES

Government Studies, a program
and administrative unit of the Faculty
of Extension supplying university
continuing education programs to
Canadians employed in, or associated
with the public sector, invites applica-
tions for sessional instructors in the
following areas: Human Resource
Management, Financial Management,
Management Communications,

School Law.

Successful candidates will have an
opportunity to teach a variety of
courses geared towards managers
within the municipal, provincial, and
federal governments, as well as those
in the nonprofit sector. A PhD or its
equivalent is preferred, however,
individuals with a combination of
education and professional experience
and a strong commitment to excellence
in teaching will be considered.
Preference will be given to individuals
who have public service management
experience.

Please submit a curriculum vitae
and the names of three references to:
Pauline S Peters, Acting Director,
Government Studies, Faculty of
Extension, Ring House 2, Edmonton,
Alberta, T6G 2E2.

Deadline for applications is 5 April
1991.

University of Alberta

Edmonton

eS

THE RAYMOND U LEMIEUX
LECTURES ON BIOTECHNOLOGY

“Opportunities and Challenges
for Biotechnology in the 1990s”

FIFTH LECTURE

Dr Raymond U Lemieux,
FRS University Professor

Dr Robert B Church

Professor of Medical Biochemistry and

Biological Sciences and

Acting Assistant Dean (Medical Science),

University of Calgary

To honour

Dr Lemieux for
his contribution
to Alberta’s
biotechnology
industry.

Sponsored by the
University of Alberta
and

Alberta Technology,
Research and
Telecommunications

UOFA FOLIO ae 22 MARCH 1991

3:00 pm, Thursday
March 28, 1991

Tory Lecture Theatre TL-B1

Dr Church has been actively involved
in technology transfer from the basic
sciences to genetics, reproductive
physiology and molecular biology

to agricultural and biotechnology
industries.

DS

ACCOMMODATIONS AVAILABLE

VICTORIA PROPERTIES -
Experienced, knowledgeable realtor
with Edmonton references will answer
all queries, and send information. No
cost or obligation. Call (604) 595-3200,
Lois Dutton, Re/Max Ports West,
Victoria, BC.

SALE/RENT - Malmo bungalow,
mint condition, five bedrooms, unique
basement, double garage. Five minutes
to University, near schools, shopping.
436-3523 (home), 492-2423 (work).

RENT - Executive, Southgate, five
bedroom home. Double garage, fin-
ished basement. 15 May. 434-0524.

SALE - Parkallen semi-bungalow.
Redecorated with large deck off kit-
chen. Possession negotiable. Appli-
ances included. Call 437-5159.

RENT - Furnished one bedroom
apartment on Saskatchewan Drive.
Available for May to August. $500/
month, 431-1592 (home), 465-8723
(work).

RENT - Unfurnished two bedroom
house, Windsor Park, near University.
Available June, $1,100/month.
432-0626.

SALE - Spacious, Blue Quill
Estates bungalow. Open plan, conver-
sation pit by brick fireplace. Large
bright kitchen, five piece ensuite.
Large, heated, attached garage. Excel-
lent route to University. Dan Hunka,
438-5100.

SALE BY OWNER - University
area, apartment/condo. Two bedrooms,
two bathrooms, fireplace, balcony, five
appliances, sauna in building. $84,900.
Leave message, 439-2445.

RENT - Walk to University from
this two bedroom bungalow. Finished
basement, four appliances. $1,095/
month. Phone 452-7212, 433-3322.

SALE - Riverbend executive. Steps
to river valley and access to excellent
University bus service. Super family
home with walk out basement. Ideal for
nanny suite. Valerie/Ann, Spencer
Realty, 435-0808.

SALE - Gold in Windsor Park!
Quiet street, clean, cozy, 1,208 square
foot bungalow. Double garage, 55x150
foot lot. Immediate possession. Ann/
Val, Spencer Realty, 435-0808.

RENT - Hearthstone executive
townhome, furnished. 1 May-1 Septem-
ber. Nonsmokers, no pets. $900/month.
435-4388.

FEMALE ROOMMATE
WANTED to share house near WEM.
Direct bus route. Microwave, washer/
dryer, etc. $300/month plus half
utilities. Phone Marie, 484-5163 (leave
message) or 492-0934.

SALE - Old Strathcona, renovated,
two storey, character home. Three bed-
rooms, two baths, developed basement
with hardwood floors. Sun porch and
covered deck. Owner relocating.
$149,500. 439-1694.

RENT - Belgravia, sabbatical
home. Four bedrooms. July - 12
months, $1,000/month. 438-1626,
451-1719.

COUPLE OR SINGLE to share
furnished home in Old Glenora.
488-5403, 454-5247.

RENT - Parkallen, furnished, two
bedroom bungalow. July 1991 for one
year, $950 plus utilities. 435-2154.

RENT - Bright, sunny, furnished,
four bedroom house, Riverbend.
August/September 1991 - February
1992. 430-6196, 492-1494.

SALE - Super bungalow, walking
distance to University and Hospital.
Mature trees, dining room, good
basement, double garage. Pat von

*Borstel, 435-0808, Spencer Real Estate,
437-6540 residence.

SALE/RENT - Near University,
schools, shopping, two storey, four
bedroom. Single garage. 439-7382.

SALE - Naturalist’s retreat, 40
acres near Elk Island. Trees, trails,
small lake. Includes 10'x40' ‘Fabco’
trailer with natural gas, electricity,
phone line, well. $45,000. 492-0376
(day), 988-8346 (evening).

SALE - The Athabascan, overlook-
ing river valley, in central Oliver.
Beautiful, one bedroom home, south
view, air conditioning, two under-
ground parking, swimming pool. Helen
Rhodes, 426-4461/24 hours, 488-2180,
Re/Max Real Estate.

SALE - 9929 Saskatchewan Drive.
Best buy on Saskatchewan Drive,
1,935’, air conditioning, river valley/
city panorama. Beautiful development,
swimming pool. $209,900.

Helen Rhodes, 426-4461/24 hours or
488-2180, Re/Max Real Estate.

SALE - Millcreek, character home.
Four bedrooms plus den, sunroom,
basement family room, maple hard-
wood floors. Modern kitchen, bath-
rooms. Double lot. Val Cload,
435-0808, Spencer Realty, 433-4720
residence.

SALE - Belgravia, ideal home for
University students, 1,300 square feet,
three bedrooms, two baths, developed
basement. Ann Dawrant, 435-0808,
Spencer Realty.

RENT - Windsor Park, three
storey, older home adjoining Univer-
sity. Eleven rooms, fireplace, sauna,
porches, yards, double garage, parking.
Sabbatical July 1991 to July 1992.
Telephone 433-6769 evenings.

SALE - Breckinridge, luxury town-
house. Immaculate, 2,100’, amenities,
fronts on park and ravine. $174,900.
436-4234.

ACCOMMODATIONS WANTED

PhD MALE STUDENT, age 50,
whose family is in Newfoundland,
seeks accommodation from September

- December 1991. Prefer to housesit but

willing to pay affordable rent. Phone
437-1425 after 6 pm.

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and
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GOODS FOR SALE

CASH PAID FOR APPLIANCES,
432-0272.

ARTIFACTS, ANTIQUES,
architectural elements from village
India. Prayer carpets, kilims from
Afghanistan. 439-6408.

FREEZER READY LAMBS,
$2 per pound delivered. 963-3058.

DINING ROOM SUITE, teak
table, six chairs, hutch, two leaves,
modern design. $3,500. Phone
467-9438 evenings.

LAPTOP FOR SALE: Tandy
1400LT, some software, carrying case,
never used. $900 obo. 465-2852,
450-4674.

SERVICES
DONNIC WORD PROCESSING -
Since 1978, specializing in theses,
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COMPUTERIZED LITERATURE
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retrieval by experienced scientist. All
areas. Requests accepted by phone. No
red tape! Competitive rates. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed. JL Citation Services,
487-8652.

DAVID RICHARDS CARPENTRY.

Certified journeyman NAIT. Complete
interior and exterior residential
renovations including plumbing and
electrical. References available. 433-
6369.

PROFESSIONAL TYPIST -
Word processing. Specializing in
theses, dissertations, manuscripts.
Gwen, 467-0515.

AD HOC BUSINESS SERVICE -
Professional word processing. Medical
and general transcription, letters,
reports, theses, résumés, manuscripts.
Accuracy guaranteed. 451-3315.

GRANDIN SCHOOL, 9844 110
Street, French Immersion program
from kindergarten to-six. Preschool,
before/after school daycare available.
For more information:or to register,
please call 482-3676.

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Telephone (403) 439-2266

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The European pain relief
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Campus Tower is definitely
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Amenities

* bachelor, one and two bedroom suites
* fully equipped kitchens * exercise
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complimentary parking * weekend
shuttle service to West Edmonton Mall

University Rates

$62.00 per day on a daily basis
$60.00 per day on a weekly basis
$50.00 per day on monthly basis

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rates are subject to change

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